Re: pf configuration

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck+obsd@snew.com>]

Good response.  You're wicked l33t on BSD.  "Hey you
should use BSD, but if you have questions then you SUCK."

I presume you were born with all knowledge about BSD.
You never had a learning phase.  No programmer snack for you.
Now touch the raw electric wire as punishment.

If you're going to emulate theo, do so via his coding,not
his mail list behavior.


Let's try again:

Benjamin,

You will find that BSD has several resources available.
If there is a file on the system, usually a man page
exists for it.  This is unlike Linux and a good thing.
Sometimes, the man page might refer you to something
else, but that's the best place to start.

Also useful:
"man -k SUBJECT" will list for you man pages that cover SUBJECT.


Want more?  Hit www.openbsd.org  (or www.fr.openbsd.org).

There are FAQs that are VERY useful and available in many
languages.


If you STILL have a question, chances are it's been asked
before.  The mail lists archives contain a treasure trove
of useful answers (and useless flames).


Some of the BSD advantages (Free, Net and Open) include
that builds and maintanence is MUCH easier (I can't
CVS down RedHat or Suse and upgrade them).  You WANT
to start from source.  Changes and bugs go to a centralized
source; should you find a kernel bug or a userland bug,
you don't need to figure out who is responsible for some
kernel module and hope they take your fix or report, you
don't need to figure out who "owns" /usr/bin/gg".  You
report it to one place.



Quoting S9 (km@themcminns.com):
> <snip>
> > but it doesn't work, so my pf.conf is lamentably
> 
> what doesn't work? you are begging for a LART
> by not posting any specifics to the problem you
> are asking us to solve for you.
> 
>  > Can someone please help me to configure this ?
> 
> where did you learn to post? The domain on your email
> says it all. Did you even read the section on how to post
> before you came running to the list to get your answer?
> Get a clue. Seriously.
> 
> Now that you've been LARTed, here's some clues that
> they shouuld have taught you in linux camp. Use the
> man pages, use the FAQ, use the mailing list archives
> and use google. There is _tons_ of support out there
> for nat and pf. The pf rules are the _easiest_
> to use out there.